February 23rd (2014) was a Sunday. It's the 51st day of the year (52nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 314 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 23rd February, 2014
» The 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony e.g closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics called Winter Olympics take place in Sochi, Russia.
February 23rd Famous Deaths for 2014
» K. Alison Clarke-Stewart, Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1943)
» Ely Capacio, Filipino basketball player and coach (b. 1955)
» Penny DeHaven, American singer and actress (b. 1948)
» Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English pianist and educator (b. 1903)
» Roger Hilsman, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1919)
» Samuel Sheinbein, American-Israeli murderer (b. 1980)
» Norman Whiting, English cricketer (b. 1920)
February 23rd Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Polycarp of Smyrna
» Serenus the Gardener
» February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana)
» National Day (Brunei)
» Red Army known as Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics:
» Defender of the Fatherland Day (Russia)
» Public holidays in Belarus known as Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces day (Belarus)